The Fluoride of Your Toothpaste Will Soon Compete for Higher-Energy Batteries (VIDEO)

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The chemical element that makes up most of today's batteries, lithium, may soon be challenged by its polar opposite on the periodic table: fluoride, the negatively-charged form of the element fluorine. Yes, the same stuff in toothpaste. See news release here: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q4/yin-and-yang-opposites-in-nature,-fluoride-and-lithium,-compete-for-higher-energy-batteries.html

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Purdue University video/Erin Easterling

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